Anaheim Resort in Orange County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

The Log Fort

Photographed by Adam Margolis, March 18, 2025

1. The Log Fort Marker

Inscription. A string of forts such as this one linked the American frontiers together. Primarily erected as outposts of defense and protection for pioneer settlers, they were also used for community gatherings and trading posts.

The blockhouses, with their rifle ports usually situated at the four corners of the stockade walls, commanded an unobstructed view of the clearing between the Fort and the forest. The overhanging of their second stories enabled the defenders to deflect the angle of their rifles if the enemy reached the stockade walls.

Against the inside of the stockade was the parapet or "fire step" used by the sentries and the fort defenders. Within the confines of the stockade were barracks, storehouses, an arsenal and other equipment necessary for a siege.

Situated in strategic locations and extending westward from the Alleghenies through the Ohio and Tennessee Territories and beyond, such forts as Ft. Pitt, Ft. Defiance, Ft. Harrod, Ft. Mimms and many others held our young country together.

Davy Crockett and other Famous Scouts spend much time in and around such wilderness outposts acting as "eyes and cars"

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of the woods.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Forts and Castles.

Location. 33° 48.729′ N, 117° 55.172′ W. Marker is in Anaheim, California, in Orange County. It is in Anaheim Resort. It is on Disneyland Drive. The marker is in Disneyland, just footsteps away from the Main Street roundabout in the center of the park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1313 Disneyland Drive, Anaheim CA 92802, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles

and in the Peninsular Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Flags of the Revolutionary War (here, next to this marker); Petrified Tree (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lafitte's Anchor

Photographed by Adam Margolis, March 18, 2025

2. The Log Fort Marker

(about 600 feet away); Town Square Cannon (about 700 feet away); Disneyland Monorail System (approx. 0.2 miles away); Carthay Circle Theatre (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Millennium Tree (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Steam Donkey (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Anaheim.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 28, 2026, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. This page has been viewed 11 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 28, 2026, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.